List of career achievements by Drew Brees

Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). After a prolific college football career at Purdue University, he was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He left college as one of the most decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history, establishing two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records, and 19 Purdue University records. As of 2018, he remains the Big Ten record-holder in several passing categories, including completions (1,026), attempts (1,678), and yards (11,792).

Brees holds the NFL records for career pass completions, career completion percentage, career passing yards, and is fourth in career passing touchdowns. In 2012, he broke Johnny Unitas' long-standing record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass. He has passed for over 5,000 yards in a season five timesno other NFL quarterback has done so more than once. He has led the NFL in passing yards a record seven times and in passing touchdowns a record-tying four times. He was the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, the Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2011, and the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. Sports Illustrated named Brees its 2010 Sportsman of the Year.

College

Statistics

Passing
YearTeamGPCmpAttPctYardsTDsInt
1997Purdue 8194344.223201
1998Purdue 1336156963.43,9833920
1999Purdue 1233755460.83,9092512
2000Purdue 1230951260.43,6682612
Total451,0261,67861.111,7929045

Records

Big Ten conference records
  • Most career passing yards (11,792)[1]
  • Most career pass attempts (1,678)[2]
  • Most career pass completions (1,026)[3]
  • Most passing touchdowns in a season (39; 1998)[4]
  • Most pass attempts in a season (569; 1998)[5]
  • Most pass completions in a season (361; 1998)[6]

Awards

Professional

Statistics

Legend
Led the league
NFL record
Won the Super Bowl
AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team G GS Comp Att Yds Pct Avg TD Int Lng YPG Sck SckY Rate
2001 SD 1 0 15 27 221 55.6 8.2 1 0 40 221.0 2 12  94.8
2002 SD 16 16 320 526 3,284 60.8 6.2 17 16 52 205.3 24 180  76.9
2003 SD 11 11 205 356 2,108 57.6 5.9 11 15 68 191.6 21 178  67.5
2004 SD 15 15 262 400 3,159 65.5 7.9 27 7 79 210.6 18 131 104.8
2005 SD 16 16 323 500 3,576 64.6 7.2 24 15 54 223.5 27 223  89.2
2006 NO 16 16 356 554 4,418 64.3 8.0 26 11 86 276.1 18 105  96.2
2007 NO 16 16 440 652 4,423 67.5 6.8 28 18 58 276.4 16 109  89.4
2008 NO 16 16 413 635 5,069 65.0 8.0 34 17 84 316.8 13 92 96.2
2009 NO 15 15 363 514 4,388 70.6 8.5 34 11 75 292.5 20 135 109.6
2010 NO 16 16 448 658 4,620 68.1 7.0 33 22 80 288.8 25 185 90.9
2011 NO 16 16 468 657 5,476 71.2 8.3 46 14 79 342.3 24 158 110.6
2012 NO 16 16 422 670 5,177 63.0 7.7 43 19 80 323.6 26 190 96.3
2013 NO 16 16 446 650 5,162 68.6 7.9 39 12 76 322.6 37 244 104.7
2014 NO 16 16 456 659 4,952 69.2 7.5 33 17 69 309.5 29 186 97.0
2015 NO 15 15 428 627 4,870 68.3 7.8 32 11 80 324.7 31 235 101.0
2016 NO 16 16 471 673 5,208 70.0 7.7 37 15 98 325.5 27 184 101.7
2017 NO 16 16 386 536 4,334 72.0 8.1 23 8 54 270.9 20 145 103.9
2018 NO 4 4 122 161 1,295 75.78 8 8 0 28 323.75 6 50 115.3
Career 253 252 6,344 9,455 71,740 67.10 7.6 496 228 98 283.56 384 2,742  97.1

Postseason

Year Team G GS Comp Att Yds Pct Avg TD Int Lng YPG Sck SckY Rate
2004 SD 1 1 31 42 319 73.8 7.6 2 1 44 319.0 2 11  101.2
2006 NO 2 2 47 81 597 58.0 7.4 3 1 88 298.5 6 51   88.3
2009 3 3 72 102 732 70.6 7.2 8 0 44 244.0 2 15  117.0
2010 1 1 39 60 404 65.0 6.7 2 0 40 404.0 1 7   95.4
2011 2 2 73 106 928 68.9 8.8 7 2 66 464.0 5 34  110.1
2013 2 2 44 73 559 60.3 7.7 2 2 52 279.5 3 9   81.9
2017 2 2 48 73 670 65.8 9.2 5 3 80 335.0 3 23  100.8
Postseason 13 13 354 537 4,209 65.9 7.8 29 9 88 323.77 22 150  100.7

NFL records

Saints franchise records

Awards

References

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